Ethan Wilson
@ethan-w.bsky.social
International affairs type by inclination becoming domestic affairs type by exigency
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yeah some dudes in Tampa need to get perp walked in January 2029
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
yeah some dudes in Tampa need to get perp walked in January 2029
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If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
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Another day where you have to wonder whether the Canadian and Mexican governments have prepared contingency plans to handle any regional fallout from serious civil disorder in the United States
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Another day where you have to wonder whether the Canadian and Mexican governments have prepared contingency plans to handle any regional fallout from serious civil disorder in the United States
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
Can’t express how spectacularly shameful it is to see my home state just… letting this happen.
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Can’t express how spectacularly shameful it is to see my home state just… letting this happen.
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Batshit crazy
- #Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa & Foreign Minister @AsaadHShaibani playing basketball with @CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper & @CJTFOIR Commander BG Kevin Lambert.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Batshit crazy
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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The plan to defeat tyranny cannot be just "win every election" but every win sure helps
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The plan to defeat tyranny cannot be just "win every election" but every win sure helps
Trump is almost certainly going to attempt to stay in office after the end of his term, and the question we have to answer is: who’s going to physically force him out? A USSS that reports to Noem? Patel’s FBI? Will Mike Johnson march over with the House Sergeant-At-Arms to escort him out?
The thrust of this story is that even Simp of the House Mike Johnson is ruling out Trump seeking a third term. But then I saw this Tuberville quote and now if you’ll all excuse me I need to return to my home world. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump is almost certainly going to attempt to stay in office after the end of his term, and the question we have to answer is: who’s going to physically force him out? A USSS that reports to Noem? Patel’s FBI? Will Mike Johnson march over with the House Sergeant-At-Arms to escort him out?
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You can always trust the dumbest guy in the Senate to say the quiet part out loud. Republicans want to throw away the Constitution and institute autocracy.
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You can always trust the dumbest guy in the Senate to say the quiet part out loud. Republicans want to throw away the Constitution and institute autocracy.
I would say there are many reasons www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Reminds His Targets of a Mafia Don
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I would say there are many reasons www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
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"Trump’s views on China have a remarkably consistent thread running through them: He’s often the contrarian in the room pushing back against advisers urging him to crack down on an existential rival."
My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What We Still Get Wrong About Trump’s Approach to China
The US president’s “tough on China” reputation belies his interest in striking a deal with the nation, not decoupling from it.
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Trump’s views on China have a remarkably consistent thread running through them: He’s often the contrarian in the room pushing back against advisers urging him to crack down on an existential rival."
My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
My @bloomberg.com Weekend Essay on why Trump's no China hawk.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I think that the next step in the civil resistance campaign to Trump should be inflicting punishment on elites and institutions who cave. They need to understand that there are costs to compliance
approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I think that the next step in the civil resistance campaign to Trump should be inflicting punishment on elites and institutions who cave. They need to understand that there are costs to compliance
Fascinating report, one of the most comprehensive analyses I’ve read of how the Ukraine war is being fought at the tactical level
🚨🧵New RUSI Report, 'Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine' by Jack Watling is out now!
Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have begun to develop novel approaches to combined arms manoeuvre, incorporating new capabilities, that bear scrutiny for NATO armies.
www.rusi.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fascinating report, one of the most comprehensive analyses I’ve read of how the Ukraine war is being fought at the tactical level
Huh, so *that’s* why stormtroopers are such bad shots
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Huh, so *that’s* why stormtroopers are such bad shots
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If we want diversity, it also means people who change, who go through phases and hard times, who aren't perfect, who have prejudices (as all of us do, but some hide better than others), and who are not prepping for public office from the day they're elected president of their third grade class.
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If we want diversity, it also means people who change, who go through phases and hard times, who aren't perfect, who have prejudices (as all of us do, but some hide better than others), and who are not prepping for public office from the day they're elected president of their third grade class.
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There may be good reasons to worry about an increase in far-left political violence.
But as Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter explain, the data consistently show that the threat from far-right extremists is much greater.
But as Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter explain, the data consistently show that the threat from far-right extremists is much greater.
Correctly Assessing Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States
A recent report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), “Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States,” risks feeding false narratives about politica...
www.justsecurity.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There may be good reasons to worry about an increase in far-left political violence.
But as Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter explain, the data consistently show that the threat from far-right extremists is much greater.
But as Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter explain, the data consistently show that the threat from far-right extremists is much greater.
No Kings in DC was great. Momentum is building for exactly the kind of NVCR movement the US needs. Quoted here. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
America Is 'Worth Fighting For' Say Protesters at 'No Kings' Rally
In the largest protests against Trump's administration and policies to date, participants express fear and loathing at America’s political trajectory.
www.rollingstone.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
No Kings in DC was great. Momentum is building for exactly the kind of NVCR movement the US needs. Quoted here. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Roberts Court has found a minority to protect—not a racial or religious one, but a political party whose power will endure without electoral majority support. Louisiana v. Callais could hand Republicans a dozen House seats and make that imbalance permanent. This is autocratic legalism in action.
"We the People" vs. "We the Court"
How the Supreme Court is dismantling voting rights to entrench minority rule.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Roberts Court has found a minority to protect—not a racial or religious one, but a political party whose power will endure without electoral majority support. Louisiana v. Callais could hand Republicans a dozen House seats and make that imbalance permanent. This is autocratic legalism in action.
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at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis
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Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.
Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...
Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.
theintercept.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.
This 100%
this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This 100%
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US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right -
the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it
the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it
September 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right -
the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it
the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it